Góra Świętej Anny | |
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Coordinates: 50°27′22″N 18°10′03″E / 50.45611°N 18.16750°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Opole |
County | Strzelce County |
Gmina | Gmina Leśnica |
Population (2006) | |
• Total | 580 |
Time zone | UTC+1 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+2 ( CEST) |
Postal code | 47-154 |
Area code | +48 77 |
Car plates | OST |
Highways |
Góra Świętej Anny (Polish: [ˈɡura ˈɕfʲɛntɛj ˈannɨ] meaning " Saint Anne's Mountain") is a village in the Opole Voivodeship, in southern Poland. [1]
The village is located on the hill from which its name derives. A popular sanctuary, with a statue of Saint Anne and a calvary, is located on its top.
The settlement lies within the protected area called Góra Świętej Anny Landscape Park. This is also one of the official Polish Historical Monuments ( Pomnik historii).
Following World War I and the re-emergence of the sovereign Poland, while still part of the Weimar Republic, the hill was the site of the Battle of Annaberg in 1921 during the Silesian Uprisings. A museum dedicated to the uprising was opened in the village in 1961. [2]
In 1940, during World War II, Germans expelled the Franciscans from the village. [2] The Germans established and operated a forced labour camp for Poles, Jews and Soviet prisoners of war, [2] another forced labour camp for Jewish women, [3] and the E111 forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the village. [4] The village was eventually restored to Poland after the war in 1945.